Ben Hartman

Ben Hartman is a journalist with expertise in all things cannabis, organized crime families, refugees, and everything in between. Originally from Austin, he has reported across the Middle East and is the senior cannabis correspondent at The Cannigma.

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Recipes
Recipe: How to make cannabis chocolate chip cookies

Cook time: Including prep, 3.5 hours Yield: 30-60 cookies ➤ Go straight to the recipe In 1938, the United States...

Oct 22, 2020
5 min
Recipes
Cannabutter mac and cheese recipe

Cook time: Including prep and decarboxylation, around 3.5 hours Yield: 6-8 portions ➤ Go straight to the recipe On Thanksgiving...

Oct 21, 2020
5 min
Regulation
South Africa: How to get a medical cannabis prescription

In 2018, South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a ruling that effectively decriminalized cannabis: ordering that it should be legal for...

Oct 21, 2020
3 min
Plant
What can you do with weed trim?

All the hard work and tender love and care has paid off. You’re sitting in front of your first-ever cannabis...

Oct 20, 2020
6 min
Products
Hemp wicks: A safer, cleaner way to get high?

There’s something truly delightful about placing a perfect little bud in the bowl of a pipe, watching it light up...

Oct 19, 2020
4 min
Products
What are cannabis suppositories?

Even people who have never in their life consumed cannabis probably know what a joint is. Pot brownies and all...

Oct 19, 2020
3 min
News
New study: No link between cannabis and cognitive decline in seniors

Frequent cannabis use does not necessarily result in cognitive decline in seniors, according to the findings of a new study. The...

Oct 15, 2020
4 min
News
New documentary: How legalization fell short in California

On paper it sounds like a pot smoker’s paradise: hundreds of legal cannabis retail stores spread across America’s most populous...

Oct 13, 2020
6 min
Products
8 of the coolest hemp inventions

For thousands of years, people were using cannabis for a whole litany of reasons that had nothing to do with...

Oct 13, 2020
7 min
News
Vermont finally legalizes adult-use cannabis sales

Vermont is set to become the 11th state with legal adult-use cannabis sales, after Governor Phil Scott on Wednesday announced...

Oct 11, 2020
2 min